Alibaba’s Qwen App Introduces Paid Office Assistant Plans Up to RMB1,499 a Year · TechNode
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Tue, 11 August 2026
2 reports- technode.com04:53
Alibaba’s Qwen app has introduced paid tiers for its office assistant. The app’s in-product pricing page lists a flagship plan at RMB128 per month or
- South China Morning Post11:30first to report
Alibaba Group Holding is asking app users to open their wallets for its artificial intelligence office assistant, as the Chinese technology giant tests whether businesses and consumers are ready to pay for its digital assistant. The e-commerce giant’s Qwen app now offers three membership tiers for the assistant, with annual plans ranging from 200 yuan (US$29.60) to 1,499 yuan for its flagship version, according to the listing on Apple’s App Store. Users can also buy extra video generation...
Thu, 13 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post13:30
Alibaba Group Holding has made the core files of its latest flagship AI model Qwen3.8-Max free for anyone to download, as the tech giant introduces new rules requiring large companies to pay for a separate commercial licence to use it. The terms apply to users or their affiliates running a “model as a service” or “AI work assistant” business whose aggregate revenue exceeds US$50 million over any consecutive 12-month period. They are required to obtain a separate licence from Qwen before using...
Tue, 18 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post12:00
Alibaba Group Holding’s new lightweight AI model Qwen3.8-27B has matched much larger near-frontier rivals while being able to run on everyday hardware, impressing developers as local AI gains momentum. The Qwen3.8-27B, a small model with 27 billion parameters, performed on par with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna, which was billed as the most cost-efficient model in the US lab’s latest flagship series, benchmark firm Artificial Analysis said on Monday. It nearly matched leading open-weight models from...